The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1887-01-29
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS

STATE NEWS AND VIEWS.
We are informed that several of
the mechants of this parish have
concluded not to sell liquor during
the year 1887 on account of the
high license ST. ammany Farmer
A London lady died recently and
left 10000 to the Dogs home at
Baltimore. The world is better Off
when rid of such cranks, who pass
by starving human wretches to
confer their benefits on scabby
poodles and sore eyed cats.-States.
We have in our possession two
bullets, that were picked up on the
Mansfield battle field, > hat are firmly
welded together. One of them is a
round musket ball. They evidently
struck each otherin the airand were
thus welded together. Mans. Dem.
Once get capitalin the business and
the planter will controlthe merchant
instead of being dependent on him.
This reform in the planting sys.
tom is the question of all others
which demands the earnest consider
'ation and the united action of the
planters Item.
The police jury of Bossier parish,
at their meeting held in Bellevue
recently, adopted an ordinance
levying a tax on all dogs in that
parish. The object of the law is to
afford protection to the sheep indus
try, which cannot thrive OIL account
OF the depredations of worthless
ours.
A great many planters in thispar
ish are very gloomy, as many of
them have lost the greater part of
their labor. The complaints come
from all the alluvial sections of the
parish. Most Of the c0lored people
are going to woik on the railroads.
while many more will go to the
coast Town Talk.
1t will be bnt a short time before
the people of Louisiana WILDE in the
midst of one of the most exciting
political campaigns in the history
OF this State. Already the clans
are being marshalled in the high
lands and lowlandS. II the contest
is an open and nanly one and con.
Quoted upon proper principles,
neither the public interest, nor that
of the party can suffer- Democrat
Review. @
Our country is growing ptorer
eevry day. What's the matter? Rails
ing cotton that cost 10 to II cents
10 make and having to sell the same
at z and s cents, No wonder we
can't keep tongue and buckle to,
gether. Farmers think of it for one
moment. This planting of more
cotton to make more money to
plant more COTTON will sell after
a while andyOn certainly see we are
poorer to day than we were five
years ago. Let's diversity. = Robe
line Reporter.
While We do not approve of Mr.. Hiscock's
hi |. yet we are able To see that the Republic
cans in Congress are the only reliable and
faithful friends the planters have in the u s.
Congress, and it is to them cur planters must
lock for protection if any can be had.
There is no regular settled price for
labor that we have been able to learn, agreed
upon Tor the coming year; the rates range
from thirty cents to sixty cents per day for
able bodied hands, and others proportionately
less These rates are the lowest that have
eyer been known in this parish since the time
of the Freedman's Bureau regime under Gen.
B. f. ler.-[Terrebonne Times.
The iftieth anniversary of the New Orleans
Picay',,le was celebrated on tho 25th OF Janu-
airy by the publication of sixteen page-pnper
containing Fac Simile Of the first issue of the
Ptcay'tne, which has been carefully prepared
by photographic process. There was also
good hkenesses of the Founders and Propri-
etors and variety of matter relating to the
history of journalism in New Orleans during
the last fifty years. The Pic will also contain
illustration OF the Great Mardi Gras Paueslf,t
of February IL aud %, 1887. Persons living
at distance from New Orleans who wish TO
obtain copies Should ut once address the
PtcdynHe office, ineiOsing Postal Notes or |
Stamps in payment for number of comics |
wanted at the rate of l2 cents per eopy, The
copies of MontaS will DO mailed Feb. II. and !
Pfotcas Feb -. Address-Nieholson & Co, |
Prop. Picayune, New Orleans, La
The Shreveport Times proposes to under
take to prove to us that we cannot favor the
of the duty on sugar. provided we
are consistent tariff ior-revenue-only man
This We claim to be, and would be pleased TO
hear the Times proof in support q his view OF
the matter. We are n little SURPRISED l,n,y
ever, that the Times should now undertake. 10
defend the sugar tariff when bat little over n
week ago it made a laboriuus effort to exon
crate Mr.. Blanchard from blame in support-
ing the tariff on sugar ON the ground Of local
interest admitting in the same article that
Mr. Banchard's position was not that of n
statesman. II the representative ofthe fourth
district is a tariii-loI~revenue only man. ana
we believe he is, why should his position
relative 10 the sugar tariff need any explnna
hon or apology from the Times il tile duty on
sugar Is only revenue duty! There seems
to us to be inconsistency somewhere, mi Wa
Will hear what the Times has to sly on the